Rachel Gallison Ms. Backhus Honors English 24 February 2014 Oedipus the King Final Assessment Journal: 1. After Oedipus blinds himself I think that he does show his previous pride. I was surprised when he blinded himself after seeing his wife/mother dead as she committed suicide. When he came out in front of the public he displayed his pride as confidently as he had when he could see. He wanted the public to know about what he has done‚ i.e. killing his father and marrying his mother‚ and he
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Connor Meeds 11/2/12 Oedipus Essay In the play Oedipus‚ written by Sophocles‚ Laius the ruler of Thebes was terribly murdered. Suddenly‚ Oedipus decided to take throne and curse the killer of Laius without any consent and realization on who the killer was. Until he realized‚ that he is the one with the blood on his hands. The irony expressed in Oedipus involves a contradiction between appearance and reality. Sophocles does a great job by using dramatic and cosmic irony to communicate the message-
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Oedipus Tragedy The play “Oedipus the King” can be described as nothing more than a tragedy. From the beginning Oedipus is doomed by his destiny that was foretold by the prophet when he was just an infant. His parents tried to kill him to avoid what would come and he later left his adopted parents to avoid the same outcome. In this play he faces a hard decision; to abandon his quest and fail his people or to pursue his quest and ruin himself. The play begins in tragedy as Oedipus speaks
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the downfall of a tragic hero within a piece of literature. In the play Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus is a tragic hero with a hamartia that leads to his inevitable downfall. He possesses three traits that have been debated on to be his hamartia: his hubris (excessive pride)‚ his heinous temperament‚ and his consummate determination. Of these three traits Oedipus possesses‚ I’ve believe that his hamartia is his profligate pride. Oedipus was a proud man. After all‚ who wouldn’t be proud of defeating a Sphinx
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his plays Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus. This motif is so abundant in Greek literature because oftentimes characters try to avoid an oracle that they don’t want to accept to be true; this opens up an opportunity for human nature to fight fate‚ which is what Sophocles sets the basis for his plays. Although each character’s fate is chosen for them‚ they try to fight their destiny because they want a brighter future. In Oedipus the King‚ there are two major oracles that cause Oedipus to fight
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Buonarroti with The Creation of Adam and Sandro Botticelli with The Birth of Venus. After that‚ we are going “to compare and contrast all those art works and how they fit into the context of the time period.” (Figueroa‚ 2008) Renaissance Art: Comparing and Contrasting Paintings Introduction Leonardo Da Vinci‚ Michelangelo Buonarroti and Sandro Botticelli are tantamount with fine art during the Renaissance period. “The Renaissance marked that moment when Western civilization made its transition from the
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Andy Stoops Honors Language Arts Landow 3/4th hour 27 February‚ 2012 Discovering and Suffering: Why Oedipus is The Most Tragic Fate is the develpment of events outside a person’s control‚ regarded as determined by a supernatural power. In Oedipus’s fight against fate‚ he expierenced all aspects an Aristostlian Tragic Hero‚ but above all suffering and discovery. Therefore‚ Oedipus is far more tragic than Antigone and Creon; for his suffering exceeds greatly beyond theirs‚ as does his discovery
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Reflection Statement for Myth/Story/Religion in Oedipus The worship of Gods was important in Greek culture. I knew the Gods played an important role in Greek stories‚ but through this presentation‚ I learned of the connection between the Gods and irony. Apollo gave prophecies to the Greeks through his oracle at Delphi. The Greeks do everything the Gods tell them through prophecy‚ so dramatic irony is caused through the Gods because the audience may know the prophecy while the characters may not
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Comparing and contrasting the American and French Revolution The French revolution and the American Revolution both have some similar qualities about them. Part of the reason is that they were both planned by Marquis de Lafayette. But they are also really different in other ways‚ because they are two different countries with different cultures and stuff. The American Revolution had a lot of help from the country France. They helped us economically and help with military. Once the American Revolution
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The persona I wanted to be for our final presentation was Gilgamesh. What intrigues me the most about Gilgamesh is his will to stay alive forever. Everyone has a different idea about what life means to him or her. I have always been one interested in learning what the meaning of life is‚ and Gilgamesh felt it was to live forever. Gilgamesh was the King of Uruk‚ an ancient city of Sumer‚ which was later known as Babylonia. The story was first an oral myth that was passed down from generation‚ but
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